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martha: he stands in a court facing these charges in the united states. gentlemen, thank you very much for your instiet your insights . trace: how do voters identify themselves? a brand-new poll out with some fascinating insight into how america is shifting politically. trace: we want to clarify something we said that mutt rb r farouk abdulmutallab entered a guilty plea. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him. the not guilty plea was entered on behalf of abdulmutallab. are the republicans gaining momentum. a gu gallup poll shows the gop finishing 2009 in good shape. the poll finds conservatives ending the year as the most popular political group. last year the number of americans describing themselves as as conservatives went up 3 points since 2008. with us now, a fox news political analyst and alan colmes. it seems like you should handle the first question. gallup says the conservatives are gaining steam. >> statistically that's pretty even. the moderates are going to the left and the right based on the polarization of this country going on right no
martha: he stands in a court facing these charges in the united states. gentlemen, thank you very much for your instiet your insights . trace: how do voters identify themselves? a brand-new poll out with some fascinating insight into how america is shifting politically. trace: we want to clarify something we said that mutt rb r farouk abdulmutallab entered a guilty plea. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him. the not guilty plea was entered on behalf of abdulmutallab. are the republicans...
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most attacks against the united states in the united states are going to be authorized by osama bin laden. trace: i wonder, you look at the date of this thing. we are talking about a month after that failed christmas day attempt. why wait a month? is it logistically impossible for messages to get out any sooner? why wait before commenting on a feel like this? >> it may be a problem. if you read what they have said about their media ideas they don't think it is any use trying to combat the american media at the height of an event. they wait until it peters out, when the coverage moves on to haiti in this example, and then come out and be able to grab a bigger portion of the media coverage. they followed that pattern very closely for the last decade. >> if you look at this whole thing and even though this was a failed attempt, i guess if osama bin laden is coming out and endorsing this they believe this was successful in their minds and that this could be the leading indicator of more attacks that are coming our way. >> i think that is right, sir. i think objectively it was a tremendous suc
most attacks against the united states in the united states are going to be authorized by osama bin laden. trace: i wonder, you look at the date of this thing. we are talking about a month after that failed christmas day attempt. why wait a month? is it logistically impossible for messages to get out any sooner? why wait before commenting on a feel like this? >> it may be a problem. if you read what they have said about their media ideas they don't think it is any use trying to combat the...
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that is the tallest building in the united states. meantime this graphic shows some worldwide perspective. the willis tower may be the tallest in the u.s., but taiwan has the second largest skyscraper. some fun facts. here is fun facts about the burj. it has 57 elevators. that foundation research you clocking in at 900 feet. and over 28,000 glass panels were used on the tower's exterior. pretty fancy. martha: and dangerously low temperatures causing troubles in the united states. deep freeze is even hitting the deep south right now. take a look at the snow-covered roads. fayetteville, arkansas. they are hoping that maybe they will get -- a pretty town. hoping they will get into the 20's. even more snow. rick leventhal is outside our studios. quite comfortable i would imagine. >> actually warmer than 31 degrees. north dakota, it is 35 below. so i feel for those folks. some cold weather caused some problems. in indianapolis right now it is 19 degrees. feels like 6. 1:00 this morning it was 14 degrees. a fire broke out in a restaurant. t
that is the tallest building in the united states. meantime this graphic shows some worldwide perspective. the willis tower may be the tallest in the u.s., but taiwan has the second largest skyscraper. some fun facts. here is fun facts about the burj. it has 57 elevators. that foundation research you clocking in at 900 feet. and over 28,000 glass panels were used on the tower's exterior. pretty fancy. martha: and dangerously low temperatures causing troubles in the united states. deep freeze is...
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in comparison the united states has made an initial donation of $100 million. the u.s. has also sent ships, helicopters, and planes. today the pentagon said that by monday as many as 10,000 u.s. troops will be in haiti to distribute, help, and to keep the peace. it is not just government stepping up. many companies and corporations are making donations of all kinds. david lee miller has more on that. >> reporter: that's right. donations from corporate america are pouring in to help victims of the earthquake in haiti. according to the u.s. chamber of commerce, contributions have not tripled in just the last day. u.s. businesses have given $43.7 million. and among the largest contributions, 5 million from the mobile phone company digicel, the company that provides cell service in haiti. at last count 17 companies have been given a minimum of one million dollars apiece. the corporate parent of restaurants like kfc and taco bell says it is increasing charitable donations. pledged half-a-million for haiti earthquake relief and will match employee contributions of up to anoth
in comparison the united states has made an initial donation of $100 million. the u.s. has also sent ships, helicopters, and planes. today the pentagon said that by monday as many as 10,000 u.s. troops will be in haiti to distribute, help, and to keep the peace. it is not just government stepping up. many companies and corporations are making donations of all kinds. david lee miller has more on that. >> reporter: that's right. donations from corporate america are pouring in to help...
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we saw in the background what the united states is doing seren thely an overt troop surge into yemen would be a bad thing. more muscle maybe a little bit under the radar. but once again very important for a growing terror threat there patti ann. patti ann: fox's greg palkot live in london, thanks. trace: here at home president obama's attorney general eric holder facing growing chorus of critic over terrorists some are trying to block the prosecution of the five 9/11 suspects national correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington. what actions are key members of the congress taking exactly? >> reporter: well, trace, in this case it all comes down to the money. a senior republican on the house side congressman frank wolf and senior republican on the senate side senator lindsey graham tell fox they plan to introduce legislation that will block the transfer of 9/11 suspects to new york city by cutting off the money from capitol hill. >> the cost of moving a handful of people and trying them and keeping them in new york city until the appeals are out could cost up to a billion a
we saw in the background what the united states is doing seren thely an overt troop surge into yemen would be a bad thing. more muscle maybe a little bit under the radar. but once again very important for a growing terror threat there patti ann. patti ann: fox's greg palkot live in london, thanks. trace: here at home president obama's attorney general eric holder facing growing chorus of critic over terrorists some are trying to block the prosecution of the five 9/11 suspects national...
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we're not red state, blue states we're united states. i will bring republicans and democrats together. in terms of forcing congressional leadership to do that, to have closed-door meeting with republicans and sitting around the table he hasn't done that. he has been absent from that fight. i think he doesn't have as much sway with the speaker and senate leader as most presidents do. they're like him. they are glad he returned white house to their party's control but they don't have tick lawley much respect for his legislative abilities because he has literal no record in congress. they literally don't fear him because he says the things and doesn't force them to do things. you put your finger on a key example. it is president's responsibility to say to pelosi i don't want negotiations on final shape of health care bill to be only democrats sitting in the room. president is guilty of that. meetings in the white house were democrats and labor unions guys. that is all who negotiated room. no republicans in the room. lobbyists labor unions,
we're not red state, blue states we're united states. i will bring republicans and democrats together. in terms of forcing congressional leadership to do that, to have closed-door meeting with republicans and sitting around the table he hasn't done that. he has been absent from that fight. i think he doesn't have as much sway with the speaker and senate leader as most presidents do. they're like him. they are glad he returned white house to their party's control but they don't have tick lawley...
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this was an attempted attack on the united states over united states soil. we have the right to hold him as an enemy combatant as opposed to a simple criminal in the united states. trace: you talk about closing gitmo. they won't send any yemenis back to yemen. it was a reverse of what the administration talked about a few days ago. is it significant when you talk about closing down guantanamo bay? >> it makes it more difficult. they will take potentially 100 people going back to yemen and put them into illinois. they finally realized these people are dangerous. two of the people previously released are running al qaeda in the area that trained the christmas day bomber. they are bringing them onto u.s. soil. if they escape, they escape into the united states. it's a crazy system. trace: great to see you. thanks very much. martha: the decision whether to move the detainees from guantanamo bay to the heart of the midwest could november forward today. a government panel in illinois is holding a hearing on whether to close the thompson center in illinois. the adm
this was an attempted attack on the united states over united states soil. we have the right to hold him as an enemy combatant as opposed to a simple criminal in the united states. trace: you talk about closing gitmo. they won't send any yemenis back to yemen. it was a reverse of what the administration talked about a few days ago. is it significant when you talk about closing down guantanamo bay? >> it makes it more difficult. they will take potentially 100 people going back to yemen and...
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states, but those within the outside or national community who have wanted the united states to engage those countries directly to at least see what can be achieved. new sanctions. they say that is a byproduct of the engagement and being tough on the north koreans. iran, the administration admits it has nothing to show for its engagement. there is no solid movement by the international community toward sanctions. the white house says it will continue to pursue both tracks, meaning dialogue and if that does not work sanctions. i talked to lee hamilton about the alternatives and maybe some of the conservative criticism. here's part of his response. >> what are the options? well, the options are the bombs away. i don't think many people think that is a very good option, particularly with regard to iran at the present time. talking is better than fighting. it is better to jaw, jaw, jaw, than to war, war, war, said churchill. i think that is pretty good advice. >> reporter: lee hamilton, a prominent foreign policy voice and early supporter of the n candidate obama. he also told me this enga
states, but those within the outside or national community who have wanted the united states to engage those countries directly to at least see what can be achieved. new sanctions. they say that is a byproduct of the engagement and being tough on the north koreans. iran, the administration admits it has nothing to show for its engagement. there is no solid movement by the international community toward sanctions. the white house says it will continue to pursue both tracks, meaning dialogue and...
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serve in the united states senate longer than any other african-american is. he said just have anyone call me. we know what we worked on together. the president majority leader of the senate here in nevada stephen. he's one of my proteges very proud of what we've been able to do together. so i'm not going to dwell on this anymore. it's in the books. i've made all the statements i'm going to. thank you very much. >> what did you mean by the comments? trace: you are watching developing news out of apex, nevada just outside of las vegas. that's the first time mary reed has spoke pub -- harry reid has spoke pub crkkly since this broke. impromptu news conference in a tent outside of energy event he was scheduled to attend for a long time. reid summarizing saying he has apologizeed to president obama about his comments saying he could have used a better choice of words. he kind of went in and talked about his long record of supporting civil rights in nevada. he was asked in the end and i'm not sure if you heard it or not he was asked at the end if he will resign. yo
serve in the united states senate longer than any other african-american is. he said just have anyone call me. we know what we worked on together. the president majority leader of the senate here in nevada stephen. he's one of my proteges very proud of what we've been able to do together. so i'm not going to dwell on this anymore. it's in the books. i've made all the statements i'm going to. thank you very much. >> what did you mean by the comments? trace: you are watching developing news...
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you also asked is the united states safer today than year ago? what were the find sngs. >> while 31% say the country is safe ear slightly higher number 39% say the country is less safe. now, the poll was conducted after the attempted bombing on christmas day. even so we find most americans 74% have confidence in the intelligence agencies to prevent future attacks. alisyn: that's good. speaking of that christmas day bombing. you asked a question about. that about how he should be classified, what did you find? >> right. people disagree. americans think that he should have been treated as an enemy combatant as you know the government has charged him as a regular dependent. -- defendant. people disagree. find just over half, 51% approve in general of the administration's handling of that incident. >> something that affects all of us. airport security. you asked about those full-body scanners that are very controversial. what were your find sngs. >> that incident got people talking about this. 71%. most people say yes, they should be used to screen a
you also asked is the united states safer today than year ago? what were the find sngs. >> while 31% say the country is safe ear slightly higher number 39% say the country is less safe. now, the poll was conducted after the attempted bombing on christmas day. even so we find most americans 74% have confidence in the intelligence agencies to prevent future attacks. alisyn: that's good. speaking of that christmas day bombing. you asked a question about. that about how he should be...
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almost certainly in the united states. that is the recommendation of a presidential task force. they also decided nearly 50 others should be held indeaf fltly. and bottom box democratic senator chris dodd suggesting a "breather" from the healthcare debate. the democratic leader saying democrats could take a month or more off from working on legislation in order to regroup from tuesday's election loss in massachusetts. democrats have now lost their filibuster-proof 60 vote senate majority dodd suggesting democrats should put healthcare on pause and work on other issues. alisyn: thousands of southern california residents are waiting to learn whether it is safe to return to their homes am week of wild storms saturated hillsides triggered tornadoes are blamed for several deaths. the threat of mudslides and flooding forced the evacuation of more than 1200 homes. high winds also causing destruction across parts of los angeles. while the heavy rains forced some home owners to dig out from several feet of mud and there's more wet weather in the forecast casey steagall is live in la cana
almost certainly in the united states. that is the recommendation of a presidential task force. they also decided nearly 50 others should be held indeaf fltly. and bottom box democratic senator chris dodd suggesting a "breather" from the healthcare debate. the democratic leader saying democrats could take a month or more off from working on legislation in order to regroup from tuesday's election loss in massachusetts. democrats have now lost their filibuster-proof 60 vote senate...
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in fact this man here is headed towards the united states as well. >> yes, i'm here for the united states. >> you have a passport? >> you, i have a u.s. passport. >> where are you trying to get to? >> trying to get to miami right now. what happened my wife and my kids you know, they have a haitian passport. i was fortunate i was here yesterday and i'm here again because my wife and my kids they lost all of their information because of the earthquake so they told me they couldn't do anything for me for me to leave my wife here and my kid is like suicide because of all the dead bodies and the stench is really bad for your health. i have a respiratory problem right now so i'm trying to see if they can do anything for me. >> your house didn't make it? awesome of the house didn't make it my wife's home didn't make it. my wife and family is okay. a lot of homes are down and basically right just sleeping basically in a tent right now in the streets right now. >> good luck with your trip. hopefully being worked out for you. you can see here stories are like this all the way down the line continue
in fact this man here is headed towards the united states as well. >> yes, i'm here for the united states. >> you have a passport? >> you, i have a u.s. passport. >> where are you trying to get to? >> trying to get to miami right now. what happened my wife and my kids you know, they have a haitian passport. i was fortunate i was here yesterday and i'm here again because my wife and my kids they lost all of their information because of the earthquake so they told me...
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i said that plane that was on the airport was still in the united states. no, it was actually in port-au-prince. that is the port-au-prince airport. that is a great sign that aid planes are beginning to land at that airport. it is another obstacle trying to get the aid from the airport to the people who need this, but again, we go back to these aerials. you look at these as you go on. it looks as though every home, every other home in some assistance is collapsed were badly damaged. again, we are staying away from death toll counts because we simply do not know. the estimates have been all over the map. we don't have enough information to even make a close guesstimate. we know it will be horrific. the exact number will not be known for quite some time. let's go to jamie now in the war room. jamie: thanks. the video you are showing and the live picture is not the only stunning pictures and stories to come out of port-au-prince and haiti itself. diane has been monitoring all of that. you are constantly posting new pictures, some so graphic they come with a wa
i said that plane that was on the airport was still in the united states. no, it was actually in port-au-prince. that is the port-au-prince airport. that is a great sign that aid planes are beginning to land at that airport. it is another obstacle trying to get the aid from the airport to the people who need this, but again, we go back to these aerials. you look at these as you go on. it looks as though every home, every other home in some assistance is collapsed were badly damaged. again, we...
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and in the united states. so the u.k. kicked off this initiative some years ago out of concern about cardiovascular disease which islinged to too much salt and it's been a voluntary program here. the food standard agency has encouraged manufacturers to put less salt in food products and basically there's been a 9% reduction in salt intake. the food standards agency believes that has led to a reduction of 6,000 unnecessary deaths per year of course linked to cardiovascular issues. 2.5 billion less spent on healthcare and the culprits in terms of salty food jamie are not just the things that brian and trace were talking about the chips and the salsa. bread is one of the biggest concerns. we get 20% of our salt and this isn't a salt bagel this is just plain old bread. we eat a lot of bread and it accounts for 20% of the salt intake that we have. basically what's been done here is the salt in bread has been reduced by 33% over these years and apparently that's making a difference jamie. jamie: i heard you should check your ce
and in the united states. so the u.k. kicked off this initiative some years ago out of concern about cardiovascular disease which islinged to too much salt and it's been a voluntary program here. the food standard agency has encouraged manufacturers to put less salt in food products and basically there's been a 9% reduction in salt intake. the food standards agency believes that has led to a reduction of 6,000 unnecessary deaths per year of course linked to cardiovascular issues. 2.5 billion...
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bad news and the bottom box, winter storm advisories now for the central united states. and, snow, get this, as far south as birmingham, alabama. there is also cold air gripping much of the nation. temperatures in parts of florida, below freezing. and we'll take you live there. for the fallout on that, coming up. moments from now. >> you may find it interesting, in light of everything going on that nearly a year into president obama's administration, there is still no permanent director who is in charge of tsa. the transportation security authority, now political deadlocks some say is what is keeping the senate from voting on the president's pick, this is the gentleman in question, early southers. -- erroll southers, and somehow are questioning how the lack of a leader in this area might be affecting tsa's performance in the wake of the attempted christmas day plane bombing. the security checkpoint incident that forced the evacuation of newark's airport, at terminal c is also in the mix here and the bomb sniffing dogs in philadelphia that did not pass the smell test, you
bad news and the bottom box, winter storm advisories now for the central united states. and, snow, get this, as far south as birmingham, alabama. there is also cold air gripping much of the nation. temperatures in parts of florida, below freezing. and we'll take you live there. for the fallout on that, coming up. moments from now. >> you may find it interesting, in light of everything going on that nearly a year into president obama's administration, there is still no permanent director...
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a year ago today barack obama stood on the steps of the united states capitol. since then there have been three statewide elections in which he's put his political reputation and brand identity on the line. he's lost all three. the only election democrats have won is that special election in new york's 23rd district, and barack obama did not campaign there, so 34reu9ically that's all he's got to show for himself, a victory in a place he didn't even bother to campaign. you've got two very distint and ideologically different voices on health care, jim webb, barney frank saying last night's results in that special election should put health care on hold. last night when it was clear that martha coakley, the democrat, was going to lose, the campaign manager for barack obama said health care and the push for it must continue. let's listen. >> and my view is shame on us if we don't get this done. secondly, the politics of this to me -- which are secondary to what's right for the country and our families and businesses -- you know, the health care plan's been demonized
a year ago today barack obama stood on the steps of the united states capitol. since then there have been three statewide elections in which he's put his political reputation and brand identity on the line. he's lost all three. the only election democrats have won is that special election in new york's 23rd district, and barack obama did not campaign there, so 34reu9ically that's all he's got to show for himself, a victory in a place he didn't even bother to campaign. you've got two very...
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the united states is blankets with shale formations rich in natural gas. in the last decade alone shale gas has grown from less than 1% of u.s. energy production to 10%. the largest, fattest, richest is 95 hours square miles stretching through this booming state of pennsylvania it is a gold rush. towns left for dead are seeing rural land owners pulling down leasing contracts worth $5,500 an acre plus 20% royalty fees from gas extracted. a study by penn state university found 29,000 jobs created in pennsylvania last year alone. another 98,000 expected in 2010. martha: that's fascinating. james rosen reporting from pennsylvania. president obama is meeting with 20 top government officials about your security. [ male announcer ] a bad cold hits your whole body. alka-seltzer plus liquid gels rush relief everywhere you need it. it's the most complete relief you can get in a liquid gel, so you feel better, fast. alka-seltzer plus liquid gels. >>> the news begins in studio b and a huge news hour ahead, including news on our security and the fight against terrorism
the united states is blankets with shale formations rich in natural gas. in the last decade alone shale gas has grown from less than 1% of u.s. energy production to 10%. the largest, fattest, richest is 95 hours square miles stretching through this booming state of pennsylvania it is a gold rush. towns left for dead are seeing rural land owners pulling down leasing contracts worth $5,500 an acre plus 20% royalty fees from gas extracted. a study by penn state university found 29,000 jobs created...
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trace: brand new stories and breaking news, now united states officials believe another american has been detained in north korea, so there are now reportedly two americans being held there. just under a month ago, another american was detained by them on accusations of illegal entry into that country, so the u.s. is now waiting for word from the swedish government because sweden acts as an intermediary between the two countries. remember, it was just back in august when laura ling and una lee were released from north korea after being held for four-months in that country, they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. that was reduced, they spent four-months in that country, now two more americans are apparently being held by north korea. much more information as the breaking news crosses the wire on the live desk. patti ann: president obama getting a warm welcome during a town hall meeting in florida today as he pushes to fast track spending programs that would put americans back to work. members of the president's cabinet are getting the call for an early morning meeting tomorrow
trace: brand new stories and breaking news, now united states officials believe another american has been detained in north korea, so there are now reportedly two americans being held there. just under a month ago, another american was detained by them on accusations of illegal entry into that country, so the u.s. is now waiting for word from the swedish government because sweden acts as an intermediary between the two countries. remember, it was just back in august when laura ling and una lee...
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one is the strategic signaling from the united states, where we have a war on terror that the president has -- can still not name, and there are questions by friends and foes in the world about whether we're committed to the long haul on this fight. on the pakistani side, they have to look at the world as they find it, in that they're not sure the united states is in it to win it for the long haul in afghanistan, and it's a hedge on how to go after an enemy they have to live with in their own neighborhood should we leave. tactically, this is the winter and snow falls and it's hard to conduct operation necessary those areas, so it's a tactical problem, and they are keeping politically distant from the united states. alisyn: the secretary of state said the u.n. and pakistan should work together. let me play what he said and i'll get to you respond. >> the reality that you can't ignore one part of this cancer and pretend that they won't have some impact closer to home. alisyn: he's basically saying that pakistan, if it chooses to ignore the taliban and al-qaeda, it's at their own peril. >>
one is the strategic signaling from the united states, where we have a war on terror that the president has -- can still not name, and there are questions by friends and foes in the world about whether we're committed to the long haul on this fight. on the pakistani side, they have to look at the world as they find it, in that they're not sure the united states is in it to win it for the long haul in afghanistan, and it's a hedge on how to go after an enemy they have to live with in their own...
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i mean, i don't care who you are, you're in the room with the president of the united states, you pay attention and you listen with an open ear, and i'm sure they hope that we'll give him whatever benefit of the doubt is necessary, that the president's relationship with the white house press corps is and always has been over time adversarial to some degree, at least for most in the room. the idea is to gather information and tell the people you work for, i.e., the viewers what you found out, but today we had ground rules in adchance of that. trace: i'm curious, do you have a seating arrangement, are you allowed to talk about anything you want to talk about? >> anything. there's a table -- what's on the menu, i can read the menu to you, fascinating, row main salad, brioche crewsons, thyme crusted similar -- chicken with vegetables, the best apple pie i ever tasted. they had a chardonnay but i didn't touch it, chris wallace, didn't, either. i sat next to chris from nbc and it was all very cordial. that many egos in the room, we're lucky it didn't explode but it didn't. trace: crist matt
i mean, i don't care who you are, you're in the room with the president of the united states, you pay attention and you listen with an open ear, and i'm sure they hope that we'll give him whatever benefit of the doubt is necessary, that the president's relationship with the white house press corps is and always has been over time adversarial to some degree, at least for most in the room. the idea is to gather information and tell the people you work for, i.e., the viewers what you found out,...